Strings in Spring 2025 - timetable
LMC = Laidlaw Music Centre
MRR = McPherson Recital Room, Laidlaw Music Centre
Alan McGeoch instrument maker in residence in foyer throughout course
Thursday 1 May
14:00-17:00 Rehearsal rooms available for rehearsal
17:00-17:30 Meet and greet (foyer, LMC), with tea, coffee and biscuits
19:30 Fitzwilliam String Quartet concert (MRR) – present your namebadge at the desk in the foyer for free admission
- Purcell/Barcham-Stevens: Fantasy and Double no. 10
- Mozart: String Quartet no. 15 in D minor, K 421
- Schubert: String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, Death and the Maiden
Post-concert drinks reception (Reading Room, LMC – top floor)
Friday 2 May
09:30-10:00 Mindfulness for Musicians with Lucy Russell (MRR)
10:10-11:10 Quartet coaching
11:10-11:40 Break
11:40-12:40 Quartet coaching
12:40-13:00 Quartet rehearsal (20 minutes)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 String orchestra session (MRR): Mendelssohn String Symphony no. 12
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 Quartet rehearsal (coaching for CTD quartet)
17:10-18:10 Quartet coaching
18:10-19:00 Early evening drinks (foyer, LMC)
Saturday 3 May
09:30-10:30 Scholarship quartet masterclass (MRR)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Quartet coaching
12:00-13:00 Quartet rehearsal (coaching for one group)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Quartet troubleshooting with the FSQ (MRR)
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-16:30 Quartet rehearsal
16:40-17:40 Quartet coaching (rehearsal for one group)
17:45-19:10 Social musical quiz hosted by Lucy and Andrew (Reading Room)
Complimentary glass of wine/soft drink and nibbles
19:30 Dinner at Zizzi’s (South Street, opposite St Mary’s Quad gate)
Sunday 4 May
09:30-10:00 Quartet rehearsal (30 mins)
10:00-11:00 Quartet coaching
11:00-11:20 Break
11:20-12:20 Quartet coaching
12:30-13:15 Opt-in informal sharing (MRR)
13:15-14:30 Goodbye lunch (foyer, LMC)
The University of St Andrews reserves the right to replace the advertised staff or amend the programme where it is found to be unavoidable.